Mekayla Memorial Street Party

About

This project was started by Anne-Marie Slabbert in Leeuhof, Vereeniging.

as an annual Street Party for the Leeuhof children which is dedicated to her three year old daughter Mekayla Slabbert who tragically passed on after being hit by a truck in front of the Leeuhof Cafe in Vereeniging. the entire community was deeply shocked and over 400 members attended the funeral.

Leeuhof is home to a large number of poor families where the children do not know the luxury of the festive season, and sometimes do not even have food on Christmas day

Previously Anne- Marie distributed gifts she received from representatives to the community but after her daughters tragic death she started the Mekyala Memorial Street party for the children of Leehof to share some joy during these festive times with the unfortunate children, which became yearly event since December 2013.

Mekayla was a beautiful, cheerful toddler, dearly loved by the Leeuhof community, who shared love, light and joy wherever she went and with these events we want to continue to share love light and joy with the children in Leeuhof in memory of this little piece of sunshine that was loved and still missed by many.